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#PETITION TO IFIRE RUTGERS PRESIDENT BARCHI HOW TO#

Rutgers hoped the hiring of Hermann would help the university and its athletic programs pull itself out of controversy initiated when the school decided not to fire men's basketball coach Mike Rice despite video proof of him physcially and verbally abusing his players during practices.

#PETITION TO IFIRE RUTGERS PRESIDENT BARCHI HOW TO#

ROSENBERG: Does Rutgers even know how to run an athletic department? Hermann denied the firing was connected to Hineline's pregnancy.ĭespite the revelations, Hermann said she has no plans to resign. Hineline filed the lawsuit after she was fired. Hineline alleged Hermann told her not to have a child while working as a Tennessee coach.

The Star-Ledger also reported a jury forced Hermann to pay $150,000 in a lawsuit filed by former assistant coach Ginger Hineline.

The Newark Star-Ledger reported Saturday Hermann quit as Tennessee's volleyball coach after every player on the team complained she called players "whores, alcoholics and learning disabled." They allegedly signed a letter proclaiming their situation and Hermann's approach as a unanimous and irreconcilable issue.

had a speaking event postponed by Rutgers following an online petition. Today the NCPA has over 17,000 members from over 150 Division I campuses nationwide. In December 2016, Rutgers President Robert L. 18, 2001, the NCPA has advocated for players’ rights, due process, improved player safety, increased graduation and degree completion rates, additional employment opportunities, and the closure of “scholarship shortfalls.” Over the past decade NCPA has been featured in countless media outlets, including CBS 60 Minutes, ESPN, CNN, ABC News, Sports Illustrated, Yahoo Sports, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal. Launched by a group of UCLA football players in 1997, the National College Players Association serves as the only independent voice for college athletes across the nation.

Watch the ESPN segment showing Rice abuse his players: *Since the NCPA released this statement on April 3rd, some Rutgers faculty have demanded that the Rutgers University President resign. The Rutgers video makes clear no athlete should be coerced by NCAA rules into staying in a negative environment.” This should be retroactive for the Rutgers players who transferred out of the program during Mike Rice’s reign of tyranny. In addition, the NCAA should allow every player to transfer one time without penalty. College athletes deserve university officials who are willing to do the right thing when no one else is looking.Īlso, the NCPA is calling on the NCAA to pass emergency legislation to require the mandatory reporting by athletic staff (including assistant coaches) of the physical abuse of any athlete as well as a prohibition of the employment of physically abusive staff. While they eventually terminated Mike Rice, they didn’t take this action until the abuse was made public. The NCPA is calling for the firing of Rutgers University President Robert Barchi and athletic director Tim Pernetti for their decision to continue to employ a physically abusive coach. It is time to end a college athletic culture that excuses all forms of mistreatment of college athletes. Huma stated, “Athletes are not university property to be abused. The NCPA released a statement after the Associated Press published an admission by the Rutgers University President Robert Barchi that he was made aware of (recently fired) Rutgers men’s basketball coach Mike Rice’s misconduct last fall.